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Maya Forstater, who set up the campaign group Sex Matters, has told the BBC she strongly opposes the drama's narrative: "Presenting the idea of an effeminate boy 'becoming a girl' as an edgy coming-of-age story is presenting delusion as self-discovery."The series is a raw, hedonistic, brutal - but often hilarious - tale of Byron (Ellis Howard), a 15-year-old boy who is trying to find his
identity and is desperate to escape the small-mindedness of hisIn the heady days of the early 2000s, the teen (based on Lees) is taken under the wing of "The Fallen Divas" while clubbing in Nottingham, a group of hedonistic, anarchic outsiders who soon become a second family. But beyond the hardcore party lifestyle, the dark underbelly of an exploitative sex work industry lures Byron in.Local drug dealer Liam - played by Jake Dunn - is an intoxicating influence on Byron, embarking on an underage relationship with this young wannabee while also enticing the youngster into selling sex. Grooming and child abuse are a constant backdrop.
"Essentially, he's Byron's pimp," explains Dunn.As can be the case in such instances, Byron is attracted to what he sees as someone with power, his own flat and independence - something he wants himself.
"He [Liam] is very enigmatic," explains Dunn.
"They [he and Byron] actually share a very similar back story. They sort of become magnetised to each other. [It's like] watching an unstoppable force meet an immovable object.on Thursday, saying it set "new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents."
, it also acknowledged the AI model was capable of "extreme actions" if it thought its "self-preservation" was threatened.Such responses were "rare and difficult to elicit", it wrote, but were "nonetheless more common than in earlier models."
Potentially troubling behaviour by AI models is not restricted to Anthropic.Some experts have warned the potential to manipulate users is a key risk posed by systems made by all firms as they become more capable.